|
| Title | Anna Furnberg (right) with unidentified woman |
| Date of Original | 189-? |
| Description | Studio portrait of two women standing. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Women
|
| Subject (LCTGM) | Portrait photographs
|
| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian American women
|
| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
|
| Personal Name | Jensen, Anne Furnberg, 1832-1912
|
| Location | Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
|
| Decade | 1890-1899
|
| Item Number | 2008.116.58; 2008.23.3 |
| Negative Number | 35mm 466.19-24 copy neg. |
| Format of Original | Slides
Copy photographic prints
|
| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Anne Furnberg" - Handwritten on slide mount."Anne Furnberg was a widow with a cliam near Fargo. She crossed the Sheyenne River by crawling on a log. Courtesy Marvyl Nielson" - Caption with image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 16, with additional biographical information on her in text. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Copies of research papers in Lindgren's research papers (292.1.72), including copies of letters written by Christian Scotberget to future wife Anne Furuberget and his sisters, 1861-1865; and Lars Jensen to his wife, 1882. |
| Biography/History | Anne Furnberg (Furuberget) and husband Christian Paulsen Scotsberg (Scotsberget) were born and raised in Grue, Solør, Norway. They came to America in 1868 and married in Dakota County, Minn., and settled at Northfield, Minn. where they had a son Christian. In 1869 Mr. Scotsberg died. Anne resumed her maiden name and came to Dakota Territory in 1871 and settled on farm land where West Fargo is now located. In 1874 she homesteaded in Barnes Township, Cass County, N.D. Circa 1876 she married Lars Peter Jenson who died in 1909. Anne died in 1912. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
|
| Repository Collection | H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection 2008
|
| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1059 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2008.116.58) |
| Language | eng
|
| Digital ID | rs010063 |
| Original Source | Slide |
